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STATE v. THOMPSON

No. 8674.

452 P.2d 468 (1969)

80 N.M. 134

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Otto THOMPSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

March 31, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold N. Olive, Carlsbad, for appellant.

Boston E. Witt, Atty. Gen., James V. Noble, Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, for appellee.

OPINION

TACKETT, Justice.

Otto Thompson, appellant, was tried before a jury on March 20, 1952, along with Terrell David Watson, and found guilty of first degree murder. They were sentenced to life imprisonment in the New Mexico State Penitentiary. On January 8, 1968, Thompson filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the District Court of Eddy County, alleging that his constitutional rights had been violated. That petition was denied on January 11...

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